News and developments on Freedom of Information in the UK. This blog is run by the Campaign for Freedom of Information. It was established in May 2003 by Steve Wood, who ran it until the end of February 2007 when he took up the post of Assistant Commissioner at the Information Commissioner's Office.

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Al Jazeera lodges FoI request to see if Bush planned to bomb its HQ

this story is taken from today's Press Gazette, it gives more detail about the different approach to the request and does reference my request:

"Lawyers for Arabic broadcaster Al Jazeera have submitted a Freedom of Information request asking the Government to publish the conversation between Tony Blair and George Bush in which the American president is alleged to have talked of his plan to bomb the station's headquarters.

The FoI request has been made on behalf of the station and a number of its staff, including managing director Wadah Khanfar, by law firm Finers Stephens Innocent. It states that its applicants were not only the company, but "individuals whose very right to life is at stake"